---
type: "Bill"
title: "CORPORATIONS-OPEN MEETINGS"
description: "CORPORATIONS-OPEN MEETINGS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 1540"
citation: "Illinois SB 1540 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-11-29T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-07-11T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2d28b86-ad05-4bfd-af04-f2de055e57db"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "ec3d4c2f77078e92bdebb1d1eddba2502a8217b0ceb1731e03b24670903263c3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 1540 (92nd) — CORPORATIONS-OPEN MEETINGS

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB1540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB1540LV.html)

## Sponsors

- JONES,E — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,W — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-11-29T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-11-29T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-23T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 007-000-000 SJUD
- **2002-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-02-20
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-02-22
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JONES,E
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,E
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 053-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 5-4(A) SA 01
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 053-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 04/25/02
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW
- **2002-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HJUA
- **2002-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDG. DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 05/17/02
- **2002-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-06-05T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-11T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-11T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 03-01-01
- **2002-07-11T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0638

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2d28b86-ad05-4bfd-af04-f2de055e57db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).